Despite the role of wildfire in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem function, recent trends are toward large-extent, high-severity wildfires in California. The wildfire research and management communities need better data on forest fuel distributions to better predict wildfire impacts and guide management strategies. We will address this pressing need by conducting a multi-part analysis of large wildfires in California using contemporary information on forest structure measured by NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) space-based lidar.

State Parks is preparing a Park Classification and General Plan for the Alameda-Tesla property and requires archaeological survey work for the project. The Anthropological Studies Center at Sonoma State University (ASC) conducted archaeological surveys of the park from 2008-2010. The work proposed here would relocate 55 previously recorded sites, in the western section of the SVRA (the Alameda Parcel; as previously surveyed), and record new sites in areas that were not previously surveyed.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will perform as-needed Cultural Resource Services for the Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project. The Project requires a Task Order(TO) per assignment request. Each TO must outline the selected tasks from the As-Needed Scope of Work and a Not-To-Exceed amount of $50,000/year.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC), in collaboration with representatives from the Northern Valley Yokut tribe, will develop content for three (3) interpretive panels to be installed at Eagles’ Landing Park in Lathrop, California.

This project will explore public perceptions on “micromobility” transportation, such as e-scooters, e-bikes, and motorized skateboards, which have emerged in cities around the world in recent years. The research team will conduct a survey of US adults. Survey topics will include perceptions of safety for both micromobility riders and pedestrians, the potential for micromobility as a first/last mile solution for public transit riders, and road management issues.

This project will produce a report on e-bike safety as commissioned by the California state legislature in Senate Bill 381 (2023). The team will explore existing research on e-bike safety and conduct data analysis on crashes, injuries, fatalities, and the factors behind those events. The team will also look at e-bike policies around the country and world, particularly in places with stronger bike safety performance.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct a cultural resources survey and reporting for four Marin Water Prescribed Burn Project areas. Marin Water is proposing to conduct a series of prescribed fires over a total of 303 acres on Marin Water property.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will assist with cultural resources work in downtown Sacramento during replacement of an electrical substation. ASC anticipates providing an unspecified mix of professional services over the duration of the field recovery and laboratory processing. 

An interdisciplinary team of faculty and staff will be creating workshops and guides to support faculty in accessing, interpreting, and using disaggregated student success data. This data will be obtained primarily from the CSU Course Equity Portal, the CSU Student Success Dashboard, and Canvas analytics. This is part of larger work by the SSU Middle Leadership Academy that focuses on creating a series of professional growth opportunities for SSU faculty to increase course pass rates and eliminate equity gaps.

The S.T.O.R.M. (SocioTechnical Operational Risk Management) project was awarded to PI- Dr. John P. Sullins (SSU), Co-PI Dr. Ryan Jenkins (Cal Poly), and Dr. Patrick Lin (Cal Poly).  A prototype resource is being developed to prudence a tool that can be used by the DOD in analyzing the ethical impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) assets that are used in the US military or that the US military is considering deploying.